I worked Derricks on WesTex rig 16 in the early 1980s. We ran 9 stands of six-inch collars and up to 6500 feet of four-inch drill stem. The Derrick was a 97 foot Lee C. Moore, and we had a Brewster N-4 draw works. I got promoted to derricks about 2 weeks after I cracked out in the oil patch when we were tripping out of the hole and all of a sudden a marijuana pipe hit the ground by the driller, it came from above, and all of us looked up. The driller motioned for him to come down, and told him to go said at the edge of the location until our tour was up, he fired him and took him home. On the 1st few trips, it amazed me how far side to side the Derek would move when we were tripping out, when you got back down on solid ground, it felt like the ground was moving kinda like sea legs I guess. But working collars ate my lunch the 1st few times, till I learned to take an extra wrap, and when we did a drill stem test maybe 3 or 4 wraps if they had live oil on them. I remember one time down around big Springs we had done a DST and live oil was all over everything, the company man was smoking a cigarette and our toolpusher was running the brakehandle, the toolpusher grab that cigarette out of the company man's mouth, I was up in the Derrick watching all this, crushed the cherry in his bare hand, and started screaming at the company man. Not only could I see it from 65 feet up in the air but I could hear it also. I never did have to use the Geronimo line, but I did have it untied that day. We never shut down for weather, I saw my 1st tornado northeast of Snyder Texas, we lacked 2 stands of collars being out of the hole for a bit change and I saw a pale white tornado come out of the clouds and wiggled around till it touched the ground and it instantly turned dark red from the dirt getting sucked up. I got into my Derrick climber and did a freefall till I got to the drill floor. The driller said what the folk are you doing? I told him there's a tornado, I'm going to the bit room. It missed us by about a mile. I guess if you're still reading this, I appreciate your patience. I got to work with some of the finest men I've ever known, and some of the sorriest some beaches I've known also. I left the old patch with some wonderful memories of my youth, and a cigar box full of rattlesnake rattles, and all my fingers.
Amen to you brother. I'm on a workover rig in Southern California. We have it easy out here compared to you Texas guys, and even still most of the guys that get into the industry don't ever get out (let alone with all their fingers).
A lot of old burnout wash ups in the comment section. Yes he is riding the handrail looks a little nervous and yes it’s not running in 5th gear but this young man is doing a heck of a job. I bet he is still a new at working Derricks. Quit running your mouths being keyboard cowboys
Lord Villain33 worked on the rigs in south Texas and west Texas! There’s no room for error working the board! You right about all these keyboard roughnecks! It’s a lot easier when you’re not the one doing it!
Hell of a Derrickman. The block is coming up to him pretty quick and he's latching spot on. I will tell you I missed a stand or two or more on several days tripping pipe on triples in East Texas.
He is doing great I am old hand 25 years he looks a bit nervous but doing great each derrick hand does it different and who cares as long as he tossing in pipe of the fly. Great job Mike cheers (old rig manager)
Yeah that block is the smallest block I've seen. It's only a little 2 stander. I've always been on tripples and 5 inch drill pipe. 8 inch collars plus 4 stands of heavyweights. I'm an Australian from the west coast and I was in the patch in the 80s and 90s when men were made of steel and derricks were made of wood, haha good old days. Worked with my 3 brothers all of us on the same rig. We had that rig singing. Bit changes in 10 hours from 4800 metres. Safety men did nothing it was the cowboy days. We all knew our jobs well. Throwing 7 wraps of chain tripping into the hole. Big rigs, 900,000 lb rated Derrick, made by National I think. 👍🇭🇲
Muy buen trabajo, no se trata de velocidad, cumplir los procedimientos escritos, aceptados por la industria, revisados hasta el cansancio es lo que te da “una velocidad segura de trabajo”, que en definitiva es eficiencia y supervivencia, aquellos que se creen machos , por mucha velocidad trabajando, piensen que de ellos hay muchos en el cementerio o paseando en silla de ruedas, 45 años en la industria, cumpliendo todos los pasos , hasta llegar a Company man me dan solvencia ... muchachos la vida es una sola.-
I broke out in 78 working on the Alaskan Star for Western company of NA.....started out as a roustabout .....unloading boats....in huge swells ....not easy.....i got stuck on the boat for days sometimes....fine by me got paid to drink coffee and smoke and eat.....wait on weather .....then backuo tongs floor hand .....then derrickman in about year and a half....maybe 1980....i was making so much money I got what 24 year old wants i could not spend it fast enough....new Rolex Sub...new Ford pickup....new bar everynight....
Out of high school I was a roustabout on an oil lease...cleaning out tanks, breaking up pump jack pads with jackhammers, etc. The derrick man job looks good to me.
Correcting myself...the first stand he latched is what I was referring to. As I observed further he did okay. That's only 2 3/8 or 2 7/8 probably 8 round (threads per inch).
I was a derrick hand for Pool Well Service and I'd catch the tubing in fourth or fifth gear! The blocks stop and he throws the tubing into the elevators--the new safety rules take all of the fun out of the work.
Lmao what safety rules i was latching in 6 gear wide open with no clutch out. He’s probably green up there so they aren’t trying to get him hurt. Which is good
@L1lzk... The ONLY time the driller ever stopped the blocks for me was my 1st stand. I got my ass chewed. I set my harness where I could reach where my elbows were even with the board. If the stand was tall enough for the tool joint to clear the fingers, I could latch the elevators on the run. We had a 2-speed Hydromatic draw works.
If your floorhand has your elevators turned anywhere NEAR right, this is an easy day at the office. On a triple with 4 1/2" drill pipe, this guys would be beating his floorhands to death.
Bon courage pour monsieur l'accrocheur La descente à la volée Mes honneurs à l'équipe et au chef de poste ça c'est une bonne manœuvre. 5 sur 5. ALFOR et DTP.
Muchos critican la forma de como realiza el trabajo, tengan en cuenta que el lo está haciendo a su manera, o tal vez el no sea torrero recuerden que en estos jales falta mucho la gente y si te falta el torrero se va a subir uno que despedida saque el día.
Wow, is all I have to say. They were never nice enough to stop the elevators for me when I broke out. They went sixth gear on my first trip in. Either learn fast or lose a hand.
@@adriantomlin2902 fax if your operator is ok with you loosing a fucking hand knowing you’re green on the derrick he shouldn’t be a fucking operator. A responsible tool pusher would put a fucking end to that real quick
este trabajito peligroso lo realice en Santa Drilling en los Taladros Rig-15/9/110, eran 8 horas sacando o metiendo en pozos profundos de perforación tubería 5-1/2", barras de 8"/9", heavy weight. Año 1978/79.
This derrick man is not being trained right , You don't hold onto the pipe when it's turning and you don't use an open hook chain to hold your tong line back to the derrick , his retractable is hooked up at his waist and should be at his shoulder blades ? He is not being trained right so YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE GUY THAT TRAINED YOU !!!!!!!!!! and in this case not very good !!!! First i would slap his push then his driller and then i would thank the derrick man for risking his life for nothing ? think about that one !
@@kernracing7677 Sorry but i a have a little more then 4 years experience ! Try 35 and have trained many derrick hands in my day and they where told to never hold onto the pipe when the tongs are in gauged ! ya and one day you or someone you train will get hurt ! your push and driller need a kick in the ball sack !
my crew thought i was just that good cause i latched pipe one handed. truth was i kept one hand on the rail cause i was scared shitless. hated hieghts but had a family to feed. driller kept threatening to cut that section of rail off.
I'm 21 and I'm ready for this shit yeah it looks dangerous but I'm excited my whole family works in the oil industry in Louisiana my dad runs casing offshore in weatherford and my gf dad is a tool pusher for Halliburton I appreciate these men that bust ass for their money this is real men work
Dude, yer suppose to lay it in and latch em up as the elevator goes by. Whats with stopping? OK, watched more. That's the way. Drillers always trying to run the elevators past me. Love those short tool joints, throws the floor hands around a bit...
First reaction was what kind of small pipe is that then I seen where his retractable was connected and started laughing at the future upside down pinata LOL
I did that shit for 20 years. From roustabout to driller. Wat he s doin takes some skill, but I worked on semi submersible rigs. Much bigger monkey board area and drill floor. 5 inch drill pipe, 6.5 inch, 8 inch, &9 inch drill collars. Plus the motion of the sea we were floating on.
You guys can be armchair safety experts all day long but until you have been on the job and done what that man is doing you have no idea what is going on. This guy is killig it and probably making a really good living.
Lots of haters. Yes you are all faster than this guy lol. He did alright. Looks a little nervous grabbing the rails all the time. Safety line is on wrong. I had a driller run in 5th gear. I missed a few but it was fun as hell! Had to grab the rail the way he was running in lol. I actually found it easier when he was going faster too. I hate when the driller starts to slow down when the blocks get to you. It throws my timing off.
That's not a derrick hand if the block's gotta be stopped. I worked derricks jack knife and standard 2" to 10 3/4" monel drill collars. The block does need to stopped however for the drill collars. If I worked the derrick like that I wouldn't be up there more than a few minutes before the driller took me down.
I personally love it derricks arnt back breaking and I love latching pipe but theirs a lot more to it than just working derricks it’s hard work that pays very well
I worked Derricks on WesTex rig 16 in the early 1980s. We ran 9 stands of six-inch collars and up to 6500 feet of four-inch drill stem. The Derrick was a 97 foot Lee C. Moore, and we had a Brewster N-4 draw works. I got promoted to derricks about 2 weeks after I cracked out in the oil patch when we were tripping out of the hole and all of a sudden a marijuana pipe hit the ground by the driller, it came from above, and all of us looked up. The driller motioned for him to come down, and told him to go said at the edge of the location until our tour was up, he fired him and took him home. On the 1st few trips, it amazed me how far side to side the Derek would move when we were tripping out, when you got back down on solid ground, it felt like the ground was moving kinda like sea legs I guess. But working collars ate my lunch the 1st few times, till I learned to take an extra wrap, and when we did a drill stem test maybe 3 or 4 wraps if they had live oil on them. I remember one time down around big Springs we had done a DST and live oil was all over everything, the company man was smoking a cigarette and our toolpusher was running the brakehandle, the toolpusher grab that cigarette out of the company man's mouth, I was up in the Derrick watching all this, crushed the cherry in his bare hand, and started screaming at the company man. Not only could I see it from 65 feet up in the air but I could hear it also. I never did have to use the Geronimo line, but I did have it untied that day. We never shut down for weather, I saw my 1st tornado northeast of Snyder Texas, we lacked 2 stands of collars being out of the hole for a bit change and I saw a pale white tornado come out of the clouds and wiggled around till it touched the ground and it instantly turned dark red from the dirt getting sucked up. I got into my Derrick climber and did a freefall till I got to the drill floor. The driller said what the folk are you doing? I told him there's a tornado, I'm going to the bit room. It missed us by about a mile. I guess if you're still reading this, I appreciate your patience. I got to work with some of the finest men I've ever known, and some of the sorriest some beaches I've known also. I left the old patch with some wonderful memories of my youth, and a cigar box full of rattlesnake rattles, and all my fingers.
Amen to you brother.
I'm on a workover rig in Southern California. We have it easy out here compared to you Texas guys, and even still most of the guys that get into the industry don't ever get out (let alone with all their fingers).
damn dude looks like a tough dangerous job. thank god for people like you willing to bust ass out there doing this
Derrick man has the easiest job of them all!
A lot of old burnout wash ups in the comment section. Yes he is riding the handrail looks a little nervous and yes it’s not running in 5th gear but this young man is doing a heck of a job. I bet he is still a new at working Derricks. Quit running your mouths being keyboard cowboys
Lord Villain33 worked on the rigs in south Texas and west Texas! There’s no room for error working the board! You right about all these keyboard roughnecks! It’s a lot easier when you’re not the one doing it!
Is this a completion unit or a rotary drilling rig?!
@@adriantomlin2902 I'd say it's a completion looking at size of pipe and blocks
Hell of a Derrickman. The block is coming up to him pretty quick and he's latching spot on. I will tell you I missed a stand or two or more on several days tripping pipe on triples in East Texas.
Mad tool pusher 3D animation
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He is doing great I am old hand 25 years he looks a bit nervous but doing great each derrick hand does it different and who cares as long as he tossing in pipe of the fly. Great job Mike cheers (old rig manager)
I know that's right.
love where his fall arrest is hooked up , face first into the derrick if something ever lets go
Yep lol
Shouldn't it be at the attachment point between his shoulders? I'm only an engineer but I know how to wear a fall harness,.
@@epistte yes it should, but getting knocked in the back of the head/hard hat for hours gets pretty old..
Pipe, blocks and elevators are so tiny..its cute!
Yeah that block is the smallest block I've seen. It's only a little 2 stander. I've always been on tripples and 5 inch drill pipe. 8 inch collars plus 4 stands of heavyweights. I'm an Australian from the west coast and I was in the patch in the 80s and 90s when men were made of steel and derricks were made of wood, haha good old days. Worked with my 3 brothers all of us on the same rig. We had that rig singing. Bit changes in 10 hours from 4800 metres. Safety men did nothing it was the cowboy days. We all knew our jobs well. Throwing 7 wraps of chain tripping into the hole. Big rigs, 900,000 lb rated Derrick, made by National I think. 👍🇭🇲
Service rigs are just as dangerous and important.
Smart ! Let’s grip the pipe while it’s getting torqued 😆
Muy buen trabajo, no se trata de velocidad, cumplir los procedimientos escritos, aceptados por la industria, revisados hasta el cansancio es lo que te da “una velocidad segura de trabajo”, que en definitiva es eficiencia y supervivencia, aquellos que se creen machos , por mucha velocidad trabajando, piensen que de ellos hay muchos en el cementerio o paseando en silla de ruedas, 45 años en la industria, cumpliendo todos los pasos , hasta llegar a Company man me dan solvencia ... muchachos la vida es una sola.-
Thank you for what you guys do.
Sounds like old school 2 stroke Detroit power.
I broke out in 78 working on the Alaskan Star for Western company of NA.....started out as a roustabout .....unloading boats....in huge swells ....not easy.....i got stuck on the boat for days sometimes....fine by me got paid to drink coffee and smoke and eat.....wait on weather .....then backuo tongs floor hand .....then derrickman in about year and a half....maybe 1980....i was making so much money I got what 24 year old wants i could not spend it fast enough....new Rolex Sub...new Ford pickup....new bar everynight....
Out of high school I was a roustabout on an oil lease...cleaning out tanks, breaking up pump jack pads with jackhammers, etc. The derrick man job looks good to me.
Correcting myself...the first stand he latched is what I was referring to. As I observed further he did okay. That's only 2 3/8 or 2 7/8 probably 8 round (threads per inch).
They're changing the tubing to a smaller diameter to fit the flow?
I was a derrick hand for Pool Well Service and I'd catch the tubing in fourth or fifth gear! The blocks stop and he throws the tubing into the elevators--the new safety rules take all of the fun out of the work.
Yea and all the danger!
Lmao what safety rules i was latching in 6 gear wide open with no clutch out. He’s probably green up there so they aren’t trying to get him hurt. Which is good
Nah even open 4th gear is too dangerous. Stop and load or just slow down
You got some serious skill
good shit bro, love it
bcm
Mike is more of a man than I am! There's no fkn way I'd do that line of work!
Pulling unit or not..at least he's up there doing it
Rod Powers bro I see your comments on every single oil field vid lol
Mad tool pusher 3D animation
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I'm not sure what hes doing.
But looks like fun. And he seems to be good at it.
It's a little baby Rig!!! It's so cute😋
@L1lzk... The ONLY time the driller ever stopped the blocks for me was my 1st stand. I got my ass chewed. I set my harness where I could reach where my elbows were even with the board. If the stand was tall enough for the tool joint to clear the fingers, I could latch the elevators on the run. We had a 2-speed Hydromatic draw works.
If your floorhand has your elevators turned anywhere NEAR right, this is an easy day at the office. On a triple with 4 1/2" drill pipe, this guys would be beating his floorhands to death.
That is a good derreck man
4 1/2" or 5" DP was my favorite as there was more than 3x the weight with less flexibility.
This guy must be afraid of heights....keeps holding onto the railing
Woow brave man like Derrick 👍.
Kudos snr...would come for tutorials
Safety is number one..derycman is strong..
Those are some long bells... I wish mine were that long would make my life a lot better
I understand your point....but....the longer the bales, the shorter the working distance of the derrick becomes.
110 foot rig fixes that. Well unless your running a lot of tools or a submersible
We're all watching this man earn the big bucks. Lesson? Get of the computer and get out there! But be safe and don't do drugs!
Bon courage pour monsieur l'accrocheur
La descente à la volée
Mes honneurs à l'équipe et au chef de poste ça c'est une bonne manœuvre. 5 sur 5.
ALFOR et DTP.
It’s work and gym all in one👍
There's no point in having the SRL on because he has it on the body belt when he could have easily hooked it to the harness where it belongs
What size steel toe boots and weight we wear.
Muchos critican la forma de como realiza el trabajo, tengan en cuenta que el lo está haciendo a su manera, o tal vez el no sea torrero recuerden que en estos jales falta mucho la gente y si te falta el torrero se va a subir uno que despedida saque el día.
Complete stop?
Roughneck for life bud
very cute! I'm planning on getting my sister a derricks job on a pulling unit too
Good job
one thing i missed about derricking was the nice views
Wow, is all I have to say. They were never nice enough to stop the elevators for me when I broke out. They went sixth gear on my first trip in. Either learn fast or lose a hand.
That is because you had jackass operator that should have known better!!
@@adriantomlin2902 fax if your operator is ok with you loosing a fucking hand knowing you’re green on the derrick he shouldn’t be a fucking operator. A responsible tool pusher would put a fucking end to that real quick
Totally unnessary to be sticking your hands in and on top of the blocks as they are coming up to you. A little shaky but all in all, ok.
este trabajito peligroso lo realice en Santa Drilling en los Taladros Rig-15/9/110, eran 8 horas sacando o metiendo en pozos profundos de perforación tubería 5-1/2", barras de 8"/9", heavy weight. Año 1978/79.
Nice!
thinking about becoming a derrickman
good derrick man
I've never seen anyone hold on the joint when spinning it in
Edward Hofer you’re always suppose to and Steady the blocks out so you can pick in to the string straight.
Me neither. He must be making sure threads don't get crossed. Lol
This derrick man is not being trained right , You don't hold onto the pipe when it's turning and you don't use an open hook chain to hold your tong line back to the derrick , his retractable is hooked up at his waist and should be at his shoulder blades ? He is not being trained right so YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE GUY THAT TRAINED YOU !!!!!!!!!! and in this case not very good !!!! First i would slap his push then his driller and then i would thank the derrick man for risking his life for nothing ? think about that one !
Well, as long as the job gets done, that's all that really matters regardless how's he's doing it.
Yes you do have to hold the pipe while it’s turning. That’s is to keep it straight and not crossing threads. I worked derricks since 18 I’m now 22
@@kernracing7677 Sorry but i a have a little more then 4 years experience ! Try 35 and have trained many derrick hands in my day and they where told to never hold onto the pipe when the tongs are in gauged ! ya and one day you or someone you train will get hurt ! your push and driller need a kick in the ball sack !
Glad I was on the x rig 😬
my crew thought i was just that good cause i latched pipe one handed. truth was i kept one hand on the rail cause i was scared shitless. hated hieghts but had a family to feed. driller kept threatening to cut that section of rail off.
What size pipe is this?i worked 20 years on the rigs and never seen such small pipe.must be the states and there little pipe lmao.
It's a work over rig not a rotary rig!
I'm 21 and I'm ready for this shit yeah it looks dangerous but I'm excited my whole family works in the oil industry in Louisiana my dad runs casing offshore in weatherford and my gf dad is a tool pusher for Halliburton I appreciate these men that bust ass for their money this is real men work
no no no this bad work my friend and hot work I worked in derkman in pits petrolum is not good my friend
+Mike dav Lol i bet you never Been in a rig right???
+Roberto Campos I currently work as a floor hand and yes the Derrickman has it easy.
+Mike dav where I work if the Derrick isn't in the stick or pumping fluids, he's working the floor.
This is my third week working derricks and I don't dick around like how these other dudes say, I'd say floor hands is a lot easier
Dude, yer suppose to lay it in and latch em up as the elevator goes by. Whats with stopping?
OK, watched more. That's the way. Drillers always trying to run the elevators past me. Love those short tool joints, throws the floor hands around a bit...
First reaction was what kind of small pipe is that then I seen where his retractable was connected and started laughing at the future upside down pinata LOL
U probably started like dat u weren't big shot
This is sick I wana do this
My bro is a bit scare, I think he is new
I don't miss that chit!
I did that shit for 20 years. From roustabout to driller. Wat he s doin takes some skill, but I worked on semi submersible rigs. Much bigger monkey board area and drill floor. 5 inch drill pipe, 6.5 inch, 8 inch, &9 inch drill collars. Plus the motion of the sea we were floating on.
Was it good money?
Looks like that'd be a fun job when you get some weather.
Mamasita
How does he balls not make him unbalanced?
Appears to be a workover rig, not a drilling rig, just trippN is all they're doing. Very ignorant comments mostly.
Yupppp Lol
I miss it I used work on triple double ideco in Texas tubing board only thing I liked about that work damn I wishd Georgia had oil
Er....what's a "triple double"????
rods in triples and tubing in doubles
Calvin McBride.
Thanks for your reply. Best of luck.
Mad tool pusher 3D animation
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Very dangerous work
he's super man -!^
No shock absorber for R-lock (that’s f****ed up belt )
That is two lines smartass.
I’ll stick to being a trucker…
haha i remember my first time on 4 gear
You guys can be armchair safety experts all day long but until you have been on the job and done what that man is doing you have no idea what is going on. This guy is killig it and probably making a really good living.
Doing a good job yes..but everything is so tiny...pipe, elevators, blocks...its almost tiny cute...lol
greetings from Indonesian drilling👏👏👍
hello, how are you?
Dangerous as fuk
Let go of the handrail lol
Damn work can't latch wide open
Best part of the jobs is watching the blocks fly by
That is 4th bro. Wheres global energy at??
good luck 😎😊😍
They must be on single line then, put it on two lines and then try it.
how old do u have to be to do this I'm 19
El16100 18
Let go of that rail bud you ain’t going to fall plus your gloving it up there keep it clean
God
Horizon 142 baby
Is he riding the rail or just leaning. I mean, I leaned on the rail all the time. Even on the ground. Lol
Lots of haters. Yes you are all faster than this guy lol. He did alright. Looks a little nervous grabbing the rails all the time. Safety line is on wrong. I had a driller run in 5th gear. I missed a few but it was fun as hell! Had to grab the rail the way he was running in lol. I actually found it easier when he was going faster too. I hate when the driller starts to slow down when the blocks get to you. It throws my timing off.
Arathae Maxus more importantly look at where his retractable is hook to on his harness LOL I found my safety write-up for the day
Got holes in my gloves
I remember my first time up stick...I wasn't as scared as this guy bahaha
Spaghetti pipe looks like 2”3/8
Thats right
I don't see him eating smoking drinking up there. Or resting.
Recomiendo en base a un accidente que me tocó ver, NO sacar de los peines hasta que el aparejo pase el piso de enganche.
why would you hang on to that joint as its spinning badddddddddddddddddddd plan
Its actually part of the job. It keeps the pipe straight and prevents cross threading
sir that is not where your SRL line goes lol.
Esta papita tuberia 2 7/8 equipo de reparacion de pozos petreleros
That's not a derrick hand if the block's gotta be stopped. I worked derricks jack knife and standard 2" to 10 3/4" monel drill collars. The block does need to stopped however for the drill collars. If I worked the derrick like that I wouldn't be up there more than a few minutes before the driller took me down.
And YES, it was in HIGH...
grab those rails all you want you’ll be used to it in a matter of 30 days I used to be the same way I’m only 20 started working derricks at 18
Cummins 08 how do you start off as a derrickmans instead of “roughneck”
You honestly have to know someone at the company i worked derricks throughout high school for rival well service on The Weeknd
Cummins 08 oh nice man what do you think of working there? I’m 18 and thinking of working in North Dakota oil fields or going to college
I personally love it derricks arnt back breaking and I love latching pipe but theirs a lot more to it than just working derricks it’s hard work that pays very well
He is. just trying to work safe!! Nothing wrong with that.
God joob men..
I was working floorman
Looks like a 2 7/8 pipe better than that 3 1/2😂
Burn that dead line....